Using DirBuster to find files and Folders in a Website

While pentesting a website we want to go through all the pages in it so that the most obvious vulnerabilities may not be left behind and someone else reports it before us to earn the credit. Going through all the pages manually and then testing them can be a tedious process and also unrewarding which demotivates us and we all know that 

persistence comes first while hacking. Thus, to keep us motivated and leave this boring task of browsing the pages to be done automatically we use DirBuster.

Reconnaissance using Nmap

The stage which comes before starting hacking or real examining is Reconnaissance.
Reconnaissance means gathering all the information related to that website like what ports are running, what technology is being used, on which OS the website is running, etc.

The tool about which we are going to learn today is called Nmap. I use Nmap mostly just 

Installing Kali Linux as a Virtual Machine

As we even think about hacking at some point of time in our life, the operating system which comes in our mind is Linux. Kali Linux is called the OS for hackers, mostly because it comes packed with so many pre-installed tools that come in handy whether it's in the information gathering stage or the exploitation stage.